Shai Fund Inc

Programs: Art therapy for children displaced by isis this non-narrative psycho social program will benefit persecuted religious minority children age 10-14 years that are displaced in idp camps in northern iraq. The children and all of their families all fled from mosul and the nineveh plains on august 6th, 2014. Most of them are living in caravan camps, broken down buildings and sharing small apartments in northern iraq. These communities are characterized by a sense of loss of security, unpredictability and the lack of structure in daily life. Their family and social networks have been shattered. For the children this conflict represents a fundamental alteration of the social ecology and infrastructure, which supports the child's development, in addition to the on-going risk of personal physical endangerment. The project is an art therapy trauma program designed to address the non- verbal core of traumatic memory to improve resilience and the mental health of childres. The project will work with local grassroots community based organizations to develop a program whereby expressive activities such as art and drawing will act as a secondary medium through which children can communicate their thoughts, emotions, feelings and hopes. For example, a child who cannot describe the fear experienced from viewing an act of violence can draw what he or she saw and express his or her fear through their drawing. The drawing can later be used as a vehicle for non-verbally communicating and exploring feelings or meanings.

persecuted minorities and asylum seekers in turkey antalya - cankiri - karabuk - zonguldak - sinop - ordu - giresum - bayburt - trabzon - antalya - karaman - isparta - usak - balikesir - eliza where 1,374 food cards were given out to assist 823 people. A further 882 cards were distributed to communities needing assistance in istanbul, cankiri and karabuk (and neighboring villages). 12 people were assisted with rent.

business and livelihoods support programs adult vocational training courses were given to displaced persons that had escaped the islamic state from mosul and ninevah plains. Additional support was given to small businesses that were displaced or destroyed by the islamic state in order for them to reopen and serve their communities.

project nazarene seeks to bring humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to hundreds of thousands of displaced iraqi and syrian minorities (idps and refugees) who have been forced to flee their homes to escape the islamic state (isis/isil). In the kurdish region of iraq, an estimated 120,000 christians are living in unfinished buildings with exposed wiring and water leaks, church halls and sancturies, gardens and in tents. Yezidi women and girls that escaped sexual slavery return to idp camps needing humanitarian assistance. Through project nazarene, the shai fund is providing aid packages to needy families and winter clothing to religious minorities. Refugee integration project responds to the influx of refugees in germany with humanitarian assistance for unaccompanied minorsnon-verbal trauma therapy in order to integrate asylum seekers into local schools, and an art therapy trauma program designed to address the non-verbal core of traumatic memory to improve resilience and the mental health of children.